Senior Norwegian politicians and businesses figures have rejected Norway-plus, the increasingly touted British cross-party plan for the UK to leave the EU but join Norway in a free trade trade area inside the EU single market.

They attacked the idea as "neither in Norway nor the UK's interest". The UK would need Norway's permission to join its Efta club.

Could English politicians start talking about "Liechtenstein" in the hope that nobody will notice that it also needs Norway's approval?

The Tories hate themselves, but not as much as they hate British voters.

And British voters are supine and compliant. Given this pattern of abuse, many countries would have exploded into civil unrest. But the British post on FB and organise petitions, and sometimes write to their MPs, who mostly ignore them.